Sentence examples for upheld changes from inspiring English sources

Brazil's Supreme Court also upheld changes in the law that remove criminal liability for anyone who illegally cut down parts of the rainforest prior to 2008.

The appeal process now goes to the associate superintendent of school administration, where the case will be heard and either upheld, changed or reversed".

It is unclear whether such changes would withstand judicial scrutiny but in the past India's courts have upheld similar changes to laws.

The ruling is a victory for campaign group Rights of Women, which appealed against a high court judgment that upheld the changes as lawful.

Although a federal judge in Brooklyn has upheld the change in the law, that ruling is being appealed.

In 2003, an appellate court upheld the change in the law, finding that "the fact that the term-limit provisions of the City Charter were enacted through a referendum did not preclude the City Council from amending those provisions".

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A federal judge disagreed with those claims and upheld the voting changes in their entirety.

The decision, if upheld, could significantly change the equation in Pennsylvania, a swing state with 21 electoral votes.

Many art-law experts say the decision, if upheld, could significantly change the way the auction business is conducted in New York State.

In his role at the Interior Department, Mr. Myers once drafted a ruling that upheld a regulatory change allowing a foreign-owned gold mine to be established on Indian land in California.